Bruno Brown
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Birth name | Leonard Graham Brown | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 September 1888 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 May 1950 | (aged 61)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Charing Cross | ||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Leonard Graham Brown MC (6 September 1888 – 23 May 1950) was an ear, nose and throat Surgeon, politician and rugby union international who represented England from 1911 to 1922.[1] He also captained his country.[1]
Early life
[edit]Bruno Brown was born on 6 September 1888 in Brisbane.[1]
Rugby union career
[edit]Brown made his international debut on 21 January 1911 at St Helen's, Swansea in the Wales vs England match.[1] Of the 18 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 14 occasions.[1] He played his final match for England on 21 January 1922 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales vs England match.[1]
World War I
[edit]He became a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I and was awarded a MC in 1917.
References
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